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Cactus Canyons Photography is a husband and wife team that is dedicated to providing affordable wedding and engagement photography services.
 
We could fill this page up with fluff and smoke. Instead we hope to be able to provide the East Valley with photography services that EVERYONE can afford. With digital equipment costs coming down each year, we REFUSE to believe the notion that wedding photography needs to cost $6000+. We read recently that the average wedding in the U.S. costs almost $30k, with photography costs accounting for 1/5th to 1/6th the total cost! Similiarly, why waste time getting dressed, driving to a studio, only to wait in line for an hour!
 
We are located just south of Phoenix, Arizona where the weather is beautiful and the scenery is spectacular. The southwestern desert has over 300 sunny days a year and provides us with many beautiful photo opportunities.

 

Bio's
               

 

Shortly after graduating college, Diana and I moved to sunny Arizona. We both graduated from Mansfield University in 2005 and both have a B.S. in Biology.

 

We love it here in the southwest! And while Pennsylvania and New York still have a place in our hearts, we plan on calling Arizona home for a long time to come. Diana and I are passionate about many things; but the thing closest to our hearts is nature. Living here in the Valley of the Sun allows us many opportunities to enjoy and photograph nature at her best!

 

Interesting tid-bits...

 

 - Patrick is originally from Brooklyn, NY. He moved to small-town Pennsylvania when he was 14.

 

- Diana is also from NY, but not the city. She's from a small town called Jasper, which is home to one corner store, one stop light, and one high-school. They even have Amish people living nearby!

 

- Charlotte Rose is a result of our love for each other. She was born July 27, 2007 - exactly on her due date.

 

- Diana is a cat person and I am a dog person, so when it came time to pick a pet, we had to compromise... we have two cats :0)

 

The Digital Advantage...

 

Today, digital photography is the number 1 choice for wedding, event, and journalist photographers. The advantages are easy to see- speed, reliability, reproducibility, and accessibility. Digital technology is fast and gives immediate results. With film, we needed to wait for labs to process our images, only to find out that the technician on-site overly pushed an image and ruined a desired effect. Digital photography allows us to be more fluid during our photo session. There is no need to change rolls or to switch camera speeds. A push of a button can change a setting that would require a 5 minute stop with film. Medium to Large-format film may still be king with landscape photographers, but I would wager that those days are too coming to an end.